OK before anyone spouts off about Tred I just want to know some opinions about the Barta long bow offered by 3 Rivers. My understanding is that this bow is made by Martin. I was looking into long bows and this seems like a good bow for a medium price. I like Martin trad bows as a production bows go and I'm not that good to justify buying an expensive bow. I'm shooting a Martin X200 recurve right now it's 40# and I wanted to get into a long bow in about the 55# catagory (too big a jump?).